Adjustable mop and brush handle



W. T. CLICKNER.

ADJUSTABLE MOP AND BRUSH HANDLE.

FILED APR.23.1921.

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WILLIAllfi I 'll. CLICKNER, F TRGY, NEW] YORK.

$133 3 USTABLE M101? AND BRUSH HANDLE.

.ipplieation filed April 23,

and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Ad ustable Mop and Brush llandles, of? which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable mop and brush handles; and the incipal object is to produce a device of s nature which may be readily usted to grip various sized scrubbing brushes, floor cl ths, polishing devices, etc.

Another object is to provide a handle whereby a brush or the like may be used without requiring the operator to stoop or bend in using the same.

Another object is to produce a device of this nature which shall be simple of construction and operation, inexpensive to manufacture and highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed.

with these and other objects in view which will be more apparent as the specification proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combinaon and arrangement of parts the essenl features of which are hereinafter fully vice described, are particularly pointed out in in the appended claim, and are illustrated the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 a side elevation of my improved mop and brush handle. 7 Figure 9, is a front elevation of the same. Figure 3 is a transverse section on line 33 of igure 1.

like characters of reference refer to like parts in all views. Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents the usual wooden mop stick or handle. A member 11 is provided with a socket portion 12 in which the handle 10 is seated, and is formed at its free end into a lonary 13.

Pivot-ally mounted on the member 11 18 ing portion or finger piece 21 and is pivoted 1921. Serial No. 464,025.

at 22 to an outwardly extending finger 23 of a gripping member 9A, the body portion of which is formed as a ring; embracing the handle 10. l he member 2% provided with ways 25 and 26, the way 26 termin ring in a wedge or tooth 2?. ldounted on the handle 10 at the front and back thereof are guides 28 and 29 which c0- operate with ways 25 and 26, respectively, for preventing rotation of member 2% on the handle 10. The guide 29 is provided with teeth 30 which co-act with the tooth 2? to maintain the member 24c in any position to which it may be moved.

In use, the operator moves lever 20 counterclockwise, thereby moving the rod or wire 17 downwardly and moving the jaw 15 to open position. The brush or other device is then placed between jaws l3 and 15 and member 25 is moved upwardly on the handle until the jaws grip the brush, cloth or other device, and the tooth 27 is engaged with the teeth 30. Lever 20 is then moved clockwise thereby drawing up on rod 20 so as to force the jaws into tight engagement with the brush or other device.

l Vhile l have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is In a device or the class described, the combination of a handle, a stationary jaw member mounted thereon, a movable aw member pivotally mounted on said station-- ary jaw member, an operating rod having one end securet. to said movable jaw men ber and formed with a spring coil element WILLIAM T. onrcnnnn. 

